10 day (F)ling in the Holy Land | 2016

This is my first post, and also the first part of this story.

A little bit about me: 5’6”, 135 pounds, short brown hair, electric blue eyes, in pretty good athletic shape from years of sports and fitness

This all begins a few years ago when I was wrapping up college at a large public university in the South. I had accepted a job starting later in the summer and I was graduating in early May. I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to travel a bit before I was locked down by the working world. I was 21, the world was my oyster but I was a bit short on cash. Therefore I decided to apply for a Birthright trip, which is a free 10 day trip to Israel for anyone between the ages of 18 and 26 who was born Jewish. Birthright trips are known for highly encouraging hook ups between participants, and you are spending close to 24 hours a day with the same 40 people so things can escalate quickly and get awkward if not played perfectly. I was eventually accepted onto a Birthright trip and was told to be at the airport to meet my group at 9PM on a certain day in May. The flight was to leave at 2AM so we would have plenty of time to bond with our group before takeoff. The trip I had been given a spot on was for 18 to 22 year olds.

As the day finally approaches I get dropped off at the airport and am one of the first ones there. I eventually find my group and check in. More and more people arrive and after an hour or so most of us were there. Obviously I had been checking out the girls as they arrived to see who was the prettiest and who I would try to go after. When most had arrived we went through security and got to our gate at the airport and unfortunately there didn’t really seem like there were too many options as far as the girls were concerned. I spent most of my time chatting with a few guys I had met, Matt and Dave. Matt was from a large private school in New York and had just graduated as well, and Dave had just finished his freshman year at a school in Canada. As we had been talking for a while I see two pretty attractive girls out of the corner of my eye looking for a group. I watch them over Matt’s shoulder for a few minutes and they seem to be putting their luggage with our group. They put their luggage down and immediately go to the bathroom. When they returned I saw them just standing by themselves talking away from the rest of the group. I took this as my chance to introduce myself. I skillfully slipped away from Matt and Dave and confidently strode up to the two girls. I asked them if they were on the trip that I was on and they said that they were. I come to find out that their names are Kathryn and Marissa. Marissa is about 5’4” with straight brown hair down to the bottom of her boobs, green eyes, a tight little ass, probably 120 pounds as she was quite thin and large boobs that she concealed well that were about a D cup. Kathryn was about 5’5” with nipple length brown hair that was straight with a little bit of a wave, hazel eyes, also about 120 pounds, with curvy hips and a really nice ass sculpted from years of horseback riding, with small boobs of a small B or big A cup. I was talking to them for a while and find out they are both from Boston and became friends at college and had both just graduated. I seemed to be holding their attention well and getting some laughs out of them, when I see Matt and Dave coming on over. They enter the conversation and a graciously introduce them to the fine young ladies I had just met (easily the most attractive two girls on our trip from the looks of it). We continue talking for about 15 minutes until our group leaders start doing some dumb ice breakers with the whole group, in the airport mind you.

After the ice breakers are over Matt catches me to talk for a minute and mentioned that him and Dave were watching me closely and were impressed at how well I seemed to be entertaining Kathryn and Marissa. He said that he wasn’t sure if him and Dave should have come over and I said it wasn’t a big deal and that everyone was fair game at that point and we were all getting to know each other.

We boarded the plane and headed to the Holy Land. I had lost Marissa and Kathryn in the fray and didn’t see them again until we were in Israel.

When we arrived, we were quickly whisked away on the bus to our hotel as it was already approaching midnight. We get there and everyone turns in for the night with their 1-2 other roommates (of the same gender. The next day we spend doing hikes and various tours, and I kind of pair off with Kathryn and spend most of my day with her and Matt and Marissa kind of pair off as well. That night our guide lets us know that we are going out to a bar so we all get dressed up to go out and meet in the hotel lobby. Kathryn comes down looking stunning, wearing a black lacy top that exposed her stomach and most of her back as well as some tight dress jeans and black shoes. We walk to the bar and our guide tells us that since we are all new friends we all have to buy someone else a drink. I find myself with Matt and Dave again and we all buy each other drinks and chat about our various options for girls. After a bit we find Marissa and Kathryn and start dancing with them. They laugh at how into dancing I get and after a while I convince Kathryn to buy me a drink. We go to the bar and the bartender brings over two beers one of which clearly is more full than the other. Kathryn gives me the one with less in it.

“You screwed me!” I exclaim at how she ended up with more beer, and she smiles flirtatiously. At this point I was a bit buzzed. With a nod and a smile I quietly add:

“And it won’t be the last time on this trip.”

She feigns shock at this and mouth agape hits me on the shoulder and says:

“Yeah right.”

I had been hearing rumors that afternoon so I straight up asked her if she had a boyfriend and she said yes . They had been together since her freshman year in college so about 4 years. This was a deterrent but I had to go based off of how she was acting not what she was saying, and she was being very flirty with me. We spent the next day touring Israel and swimming in the Dead Sea and opening up to each other and I come to find that she is not happy at all in her relationship and they are likely going to break up soon, as she is no longer really physically attracted to him and mentions that the sex sucks.

That was Thursday and we were heading to the infamous Bedouin tents that night. For those of you that don’t know the Bedouin tents are where all 40 of us would essentially be sleeping under a tent in the desert in sleeping bags. Perfect opportunity for hook ups. Of course Kathryn, Marissa, Matt, Dave, and myself all find a corner of the tent to lay our sleeping bags down. I strategically position myself next to Kathryn. The 5 of us spend much of the night quietly whispering, and eventually everyone falls asleep except me.

Or so I had thought.

I know that was just a tease but let me know if you’d like to hear the rest! I’m open to any feedback!